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TopicCorruption

Topic: Corruption

Fresh blow to Bommai govt — Karnataka BJP MLA resigns as govt officer son ‘caught with Rs 40 lakh bribe’

Controversy follows allegations of recruitment scam & 'commission demands' against Bommai govt & coincides with Amit Shah flagging party's Vijaya Sankalpa Ratha Yatra in poll-bound state.

CBI books former Allahabad HC judge for ‘amassing disproportionate assets worth Rs 2.5 crore’

This is the second corruption case against former judge SN Shukla, who was booked while he was in office for purportedly obtaining a favourable order to a Lucknow-based medical college in exchange of money.

Pakistan’s plight isn’t solely because its elite are corrupt. Their values have failed too

Stop blaming the world for Pakistan’s problems. You cannot hate the West and also supplicate it for bailouts or apply for immigration. We are authors of our own misfortune.

Ukrainian President Zelensky flags changes in government after corruption allegations

The Ukrainian President Monday said changes would be announced imminently in the government & security forces, in his nightly video address but did not identify the officials to be replaced.

What Panjab University ex V-C Raj Kumar is accused of: ‘Recruitment scam, undue favours, nepotism’

Vice-President Dhankhar's office has accepted V-C's resignation. Scathing allegations made by senior BJP leader & ASG Satya Pal Jain and university's teachers' association PUTA.

Why ex finance secy Mayaram’s under CBI lens: ‘Illegal extensions to UK firm that lied about patent’

‘Undue favour’ to De La Rue for supplying security thread for banknotes, says CBI. The British firm is said to have no patent of 'India-specific thread' unlike what it claimed.

IAS, Punjab Civil Service officers protest Mann govt’s vigilance probes — ‘illegal, arbitrary’

PCS cadre has gone on week’s leave to protest arrest of Narinder Dhaliwal, while IAS officers met CM to object FIR against Neelima Singh. Revenue officers also announce mass leave.

SC says bribery can be proved through circumstantial evidence — ‘deduction of culpability’

Presumption of fact regarding bribe demand can be inferred only when foundational facts of case have been proven, court said, underlining points to be borne by judge deciding case.

Bihar IPS officer who inspired ‘Khakee’ booked for Netflix deal, says ‘did nothing wrong’

Amit Lodha, whose book 2018 book ‘Bihar Diaries’ inspired ‘Khakee’ has been accused of misusing his official position for financial gain by entering into a deal with Netflix.

‘Nobody’s B team’: Jagan’s sister Sharmila seeks CBI probe into Telangana’s Kaleshwaram project

YSR Telangana Party chief submits complaint at CBI office in Delhi. She claims corruption by TRS led to cost of irrigation project tripling, demands President's Rule in Telangana.

On Camera

Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.